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#okscbwichat So I started interning and eventually became an agent. Now more than half of my clients are in kid-lit
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#okscbwichat @litbeing. I'm a published co-author of a YA novel. The more I learned about the industry the more I loved it I knew I want to help writers achieve their goals and make their publishing dreams come true.
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Julie L Whitehead @julielwhitehea1
@UweStenderPhD For a nonfiction book proposal, is a synopsis included in the cover letter or a separate part of the package?I am not sure I understand your question. You query first, and then if you get interest, you will send the proposal and sample.
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#okscbwichat Hello I'm Amy Brewer I'm a senior literary agent with @MetamorphLitAg. I rep a wide range of books from picture to romance.
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Dr. Uwe Stender @UweStenderPhD
@twixsftbl I hope you will get multiple offers. Talk to ALL of them, ask them any question you want. Ask them how many clients they have, how quickly they respond to your emails once you are a client. Decide who YOU like the most, don't worry about their sales. Then pick THE one...IF they don't do IRL what they claimed to do during the call, fire them and get a new agent who does what they say they will do.
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Shanice Littlejohn is revising @twixsftbl
@UweStenderPhD Whats the best way to pick an agent if you get multiple acceptances? I haven’t queried yet and would be SO HAPPY to have just one. But I’d like to know the process if I get more than one.I hope you will get multiple offers. Talk to ALL of them, ask them any question you want. Ask them how many clients they have, how quickly they respond to your emails once you are a client. Decide who YOU like the most, don't worry about their sales. Then pick THE one...
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A reminder while I’m on maternity leave: if you’re looking for #askagent advice I have hours of Q&A content on my IG highlights.
Here’s a direct link to my latest session from last week: instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0…
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Seabrooke Carder @SeabrookeN
@UweStenderPhD Thanks. :) Do you as an agent appreciate getting nudges, or is it mostly for the writer’s reassurance?GREAT question. IF I genuinely did not get to it for whatever reason I RELISH a nudge. HOWEVER, IF you nudge me when you received a specific out of office message that states not to nudge me I will just delete. And, YES, I DO remember when I utilized an out of office message.
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D.A. Prischmann @DA_Prischmann
@UweStenderPhD Hello, do you sign authors on a project by project basis, or on a long-term / career basis? Thanks!Only career. UNLESS you are Rihanna or Zoë Kravitz, then I would be flexible and just rep whatever you deem me worthy of repping.
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Seabrooke Carder @SeabrookeN
@UweStenderPhD Is there any point/benefit in nudging an agent who’s had your full for a while? (eg. several months.) Or is it unlikely to speed them up, just adds to the clutter in their inbox, and you’re best off just patiently waiting? #askagentI think 3 months is a reasonable time to follow up.
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Lisa Springer @LisaSkylarkin
@UweStenderPhD If you receive a query and it's not for you, do you share with others in the office if it may be a better fit?Yes, I do. Either by literally forwarding the query to someone here, OR by urging the writer to query someone else specifically.
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A. W. Fleck (is drafting) 🌞🌙✨🔮 @awfleck
@UweStenderPhD Real question #2: This new adult genre, is it really a thing? And if so, would you represent it? Think an MC who's 20-21. Thank you!I personally love it, but publishers (despite what they occasionally claim) frankly don't, so that is an additional hurdle. Not a categorical NO, but hurdle #19427.
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Steven L Fritz @StevenLFritz1
@UweStenderPhD How important is a title in an agent query?Not very unless it is totally ridiculous.
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Julie L Whitehead @julielwhitehea1
@UweStenderPhD Do suggest querying a memoir with a full draft complete or on proposal (I know you've said you're only interested in celeb memoir now, but I was wondering what the general rules were).In my, unreliable, opinion, as I am not really open to it, I think you will need the full. But I am not THE expert on that.
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Robert Valletta @RVallettaWriter
@UweStenderPhD @heyjomachin What's the best way for a debut author to get a query read and responded to by an agent?Write a great query. I even respond if the query isn't great, unless you query stuff I don't rep or otherwise violate submission guidelines. But if it isn't a query that works for me, I will pass. Write another book, write another query.
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Brianna Lynne is Editing @BriannaLynneYA
@UweStenderPhD In regards to the recent conversations on YA SF being “dead”, is it okay to present a pre-dystopian story as “near-future contemporary” in a query?Yesterday, @alechiawrites's brilliant THE SOUND OF STARS was released, so much for YA SF being dead. Write what you feel compelled to write. Who are the self proclaimed "experts" who determine life or death? I wouldn't listen to rumors by "keyboard" experts. Write YOUR book.
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Joy Eilene @joyeilene
@UweStenderPhD What advice do you have for evaluating the pacing of a draft? And what is your approach to those sorts of big-picture revisions from an agent's perspective?Thanks for your time! #askagent
Honestly, I either LOVE it or DON'T. If I love it, then we will fix whatever, if I don't, I will pass.